#shorts On 8/29/2023, a reporter asked White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre, “question on the big election topic, transgender rights. Former Governor Nikki Haley and presidential candidate says, quote, “The idea that we have biological boys playing in girls’ sports, it is the women’s issue of our time.” Does the President agree that this is a women’s rights issue?

KJP: So, we’ve talked about this many times. This is the Title 9, specifically. Look — and, again, we’ve talked about this multiple times. It’s a complicated issue, and there are a wide range of views on this. The Department of Education proposed a rule, as you know, that gives schools the flexibility to establish their own athletics policies. And so, while establishing guardrails — right? — to — to prevent discrimination against trander- –gender — kids, and that is something that is incredibly important that the President wants to make sure that we also do that as well. So, I’m just not going to get ahead of that. As I said, there’s a proposed rule for — and Title 9 — on Title 9 that the Department of Education has laid out, so I’m just not going to get ahead of that as it relates to Department of Education.

Reporter: The President has granddaughters. Does he care that girls are allowed to compete in sports without the —

KJP: I just —
Reporter: — fear of injury?
KJP: I — I just —

other clips of this published longer video is here: https://youtu.be/eSgKJ6wd9wY
Karine Jean-Pierre Won’t Say If Biden Thinks Biological Boys Should Be Playing On Girls’ Sports